Aveiro ( or ) is a
city and a
municipality in Portugal. In 2011, the population was 78,450, in an area of : it is the second most populous city in the
Centro Region of Portugal (after
Coimbra). Along with the neighbouring city of
Ílhavo, Aveiro is part of an urban agglomeration that includes 120,000 inhabitants, making it one of the most important populated regions by density in the Centro Region, and primary centre of the Intermunicipal Community of
Aveiro and
Baixo Vouga. Administratively, the president of the municipal government is José Ribau Esteves (elected by coalition between the
Social Democratic Party and the
Democratic Social Centre, who governs the ten civil parishes .